2009 (Freshman): As an invited walk-on, Mitchell earned the starting fullback job and played in four games in 2008 (W. Illinois, South Carolina, Mississippi State and LSU). After returning from an early season rib injury to play against South Carolina, Bailey made his first collegiate reception for four yards and a TD. His score, a pass from Casey Dick, came in the third quarter and put the Hogs within six points of the Gamecocks.

2009 (Sophomore): In the 2009 Red-White Spring Game, he had 11 rushes for 21 yards and a long of eight, as the White Team's starting running back. Also during the earlier spring scrimmages, he had 18 carries for 125 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown run on his first official touch debuting at running back. He currently sits behind Van Stumon at fullback on the post-spring depth chart.

Personal: Born Sept. 13, 1989, he is the son of Mike and Stacy Bailey. Bailey received the "Smart Savage" award two straight years for have the highest GPA on the 90-man football team (4.063 GPA). He was elected the 2008 senior class president by the student body and voted the "Outstanding Male Student" four-straight years by the high school faculty.

High School: Bailey played tailback, linebacker and on special teams for Coach Greg Werner at Broken Bow High School. As a senior, he earned OCA All-State & All-County honors and was chosen the Class 4A All-District "Offensive MVP of the Year". He finished his career with 1,036 rushing yards on 132 carries and had 15 touchdowns (avg. 7.85 yards per carry). He is just one of only four Broken Bow players in the last 40 years to rush for over 1,000 yards (with an average of more than 7.5 yards/carry). He also had 156 career tackles at linebacker. As a senior, he had 111 carries for 846 yards and 13 touchdowns. He also completed one pass for 27 yards and had one reception for eight yards. As a senior inside linebacker, where he spent most of his time, he had 102 total tackles. He logged 20 tackles in the Class 4A State Semi-finals game against Glenpool. One of his best offensive performances came in the 41-7 victory over Poteau when he scored on four of his seven runs for 147 yards (56, 55, 20, and 2). Mitchell's career long TD of 85 yards came in the 2008 opener against Class 5A Chickasha in which he was named Class 4A's Leading Rusher in the state with 155 yards on 11 carries and 2 TD's. His junior season he was moved to inside linebacker and had 54 tackles. He worked mostly with the junior varsity as a sophomore racking up 967 yards and 9TD's on 59 carries averaging over 16 yards per carry, but, most notably, he scored on a 37-yard TD run on his first official sophomore carry with the varsity squad against Stillwell (Oct. 20, 2005). In 2008, Mitchell was one of only 38 players chosen from the state of Oklahoma to play in the 71st annual Oil Bowl (Oklahoma defeated Texas, 17-16). He was selected the 2008 Broken Bow team Offensive & Defensive MVP. Chosen as a Senior Team Captain, he helped lead the #3 ranked Savages to an 11-2 winning season that ended in the state semi-final loss to Glenpool (7-6). Bailey also competed in basketball, track and golf.